Common-school Literature, English and American: With Several Hundred Extracts to be MemorizedContains a short sketch about Eugene Field and his work (p. 123-124). |
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... critic , author of Rimini , The Palfrey , A Legend of Florence , etc. MRS . ANNA Letitia BarbauLD ( 1743-1825 ) , a distinguished teacher , author of Early Lessons for Children , Hymns in Prose , etc. THEOLOGICAL . DR . THOMAS CHALMERS ...
... critic , author of Rimini , The Palfrey , A Legend of Florence , etc. MRS . ANNA Letitia BarbauLD ( 1743-1825 ) , a distinguished teacher , author of Early Lessons for Children , Hymns in Prose , etc. THEOLOGICAL . DR . THOMAS CHALMERS ...
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... critic , * Elizabeth Barrett Browning was not only " the greatest female poet that England has produced , but more than this , the most inspired woman , so far as known , of all who have composed in ancient or modern tongues , or ...
... critic , * Elizabeth Barrett Browning was not only " the greatest female poet that England has produced , but more than this , the most inspired woman , so far as known , of all who have composed in ancient or modern tongues , or ...
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... critic of his time . He was born in 1819 , was educated at Oxford , and was long a Professor in that University . He is one of the greatest masters of prose com- position . In beauty of style he is unequalled by any author of the ...
... critic of his time . He was born in 1819 , was educated at Oxford , and was long a Professor in that University . He is one of the greatest masters of prose com- position . In beauty of style he is unequalled by any author of the ...
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... critics as at the very head of English novelists , he has never won wide appreciation . Readers are repelled by his difficulty of style and subtlety of thought . He is a sort of Browning among novelists . He is also a poet of much ...
... critics as at the very head of English novelists , he has never won wide appreciation . Readers are repelled by his difficulty of style and subtlety of thought . He is a sort of Browning among novelists . He is also a poet of much ...
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... critics of the age . Stevenson was a novelist and also a critic . And , on the contrary , some who are under this head are also poets or novelists . So numerous are the authors embraced under this comprehensive heading that we can give ...
... critics of the age . Stevenson was a novelist and also a critic . And , on the contrary , some who are under this head are also poets or novelists . So numerous are the authors embraced under this comprehensive heading that we can give ...
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